MS 20764: Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure

This five-day instructor-led course provides students who administer and maintain SQL Server databases with the knowledge and skills to administer a SQL server database infrastructure. Additionally, it will be of use to individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL Server databases.

Audience:

The primary audience for this course is individuals who administer and maintain SQL Server databases. These individuals perform database administration and maintenance as their primary area of responsibility, or work in environments where databases play a key role in their primary job. The secondary audiences for this course are individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL Server databases.

Prerequisites:

In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:

• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.
• Working knowledge of Transact-SQL.
• Working knowledge of relational databases.
• Some experience with database design.

Course goals:

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Authenticate and authorize users
• Assign server and database roles
• Authorize users to access resources
• Protect data with encryption and auditing
• Describe recovery models and backup strategies
• Backup SQL Server databases
• Restore SQL Server databases
• Automate database management
• Configure security for the SQL Server agent
• Manage alerts and notifications
• Managing SQL Server using PowerShell
• Trace access to SQL Server
• Monitor a SQL Server infrastructure
• Troubleshoot a SQL Server infrastructure
• Import and export data

Read complete course description:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/course.aspx?cid=20764

Certification:

This course is recommended as preparation for exam 70-764, which is the first of two exams leading to MCSA SQL Server 2016 Database Administration  certification.

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